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Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.
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Fraud email example:
From: "babayo saidu" <babayo_saidu@msn.com>
Reply-To: babayo_saidu@ukrpost.net
Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2005 14:49:44 +0000
Subject: STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL
STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL
>From the Desk of: Mr. BABAYO SAIDU
{AGM, Corporate & Investment Banking}
Chartered Bank Plc, Nigeria.
Dear Friend,
Permit me to introduce myself to you. My name is Mr.BABAYO SAIDU
AGM,Corporate & Investment Banking with Chartered Bank Plc, Nigeria.
Lagos-Nigeria.
This letter may come to you as a surprise since it is coming from
someone you have not met before and due to high volume of Spam mail
that goes around the world through this means but I have no other
choice than to send it to you through the internet means, Therefore, I
will appreciate it if you honor it and give me all your trust and full
co-operation.
I came to know about you in my private search for a reliable
person/company to handle a confidential transaction on behalf of my
Colleagues and myself. As a matter of fact, I got your contact from the
world trade center (WTC) Regional office in Lagos, Nigeria.Although the
details of my intention was not made known to them.
Proposition
l write in respect of a foreign customer with A/C Number:14-2558-
2004,who unfortunately lost his life in the plane crash of Alaska
Airlines Flight 261 which crashed on January 31 2000, including his
wife and only daughter leaving nobody to claim the money.
You shall read more news about the crash on visiting this
site;http://www.cnn.com/2000/US/02/01/alaska.airlines.list/
The owner of this account Mr. Morris Thompson an American and great
industrialist and a resident of Alaska. Since the death of this our
customer Mr. Morris Thompson, I have kept a close monitoring of the
deposit records and accounts since then. Nobody has come forward to
claim the money in this A/C as next of kin to the late Mr. Morris
Thompson. The total amount in the account US$5 million and it is a
domiciliary escrow bank account.
It is only an insider,the account owner or a next of kin who has
information about the account that could produce the Code or password
of the deposit particulars. Also the funds can only be released to a
foreigner.
As it stands now, there is nobody in the position to produce the needed
information other than my very self-considering my position in the
bank.Based on the fact that Mr. Thompson's family perished in the same
flight accident, leaving no one to put claim of the deposit as the next
of kin,so I am seeking for your co-operation to present you as the next
of kin to late Thompson, and arrange for the release of the funds to
your honour for our mutual benefit.
If there is more delay in moving this money out, this money will be
pushed to the Treasury of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. I am willing
to share this money with you in the ratio of 60 - 40%. You shall have
40% of the funds and I shall share the rest with my partner at the bank
and I hope this is a fair sharing? Note that All documents and
proofs to enable you get the funds will be carefully packaged once we
receive your consent on this proposal.
In almost all other parts of African continent, when Banks
acquire funds such as that of Mr. MORRIS THOMPSON, they are required
by law to donate 30% of the funds on acquisition to The Trust Fund For
Arms And Ammunitions. Arms and ammunitions purchased with funds from
the Trust Fund are used to further enhance the course of war in Africa
and invariably turbulence of some sort in the world in general.
It is therefore in order to avoid/avert and discourage this negative
development that my Colleagues and I now seek your assistance to have
you stand as a distant relative {Next Of Kin} to Mr. MORRIS THOMPSON,
so that the funds would be released to you.
May I assured you that this Transaction is 100% safe and risk-free, as
we have taken care of all necessary modalities to ensure a hitch-free
transaction.
I have reposed my confidence in you and hope that you will not
disappoint me.
Best Regards.
MR BABAYO SIADU
{AGM, Corporate & Investment Banking}.
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